End of ADS-L Digest - 10 Dec 1995 to 11 Dec 1995

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There are 15 messages totalling 409 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. name's the same

 2. Spammer exposed

 3. American Indian languages and thought

 4. can/can't (4)

 5. root beer preferences (2)

 6. NEW COKE

 7. pop and soda (4)

 8. New word of the year (eponym division)



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Date:  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 22:03:21 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: name's the same



The fundamental problem is, as we all know but rarely admit (who would hire

us if they believed it), there is not and never has been such a thing as

"the English language." But let's not tell anyone.

    Variation is one thing, Don; irreversible total systemic loss of

a distinction is another. It is really dysfunctional. Says something about

the peculiar illogical habit of people over time to try to make communication

more difficult.

    Rudy



    --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)